6/30/2011
Children Of The Sun - Exeter Phoenix (2004)
Archive.org
8.7
8.7
/Ethno punk, Art-punk, Psychedelia, Conceptual, Psych-rock, Live recording, Live session, Covers/
Comment: Acoustic Hawkwind covers performed by an one-time project headed by Pok Spacegoat and assisted by some members of Children Of The Drone. Because of using the non-traditional rock instruments (saz, dilruba, balalaika, mandola) they have brought forth a unique kind of sound and attitude, however, by the project`s tone colours reminiscent apparently of the Exeter-based combo`s spacious raga-tuned/drone folk-ish warbles. On the other side, depending strictly on the concept, the format of the album is different, though - it is more sheer, high-tempered, psyched-out and heavily rocking in the psychedelic ethno punk tradition. A thankworthy enterprise indeed.
Daixiaole - Beko_89 (2011)
/Indie pop, Dream pop, Bedroom music, Singer-songwriter, DIY, Lo-fi, Shoegaze/
Comment: Daixiaole is a female bedroom pop musician from China offering a three-pieced issue on Beko DSL. Indeed, she has her own idiosyncratic approach of the songwriting exploiting the hazy soundscapes surrounding densely subtle guitar fingerpickings and dream-soaked vocal manner. It reminds a bit of those "opened" shoegaze outputs (Lavished EP; Luxate EP) in the lo-fi method by Vlor recorded in the end of 90`s.
Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles – Brick City Ghosts (2011)
Bad Panda
8.9
8.9
/Minimal, Chamber rock, Post-rock, Experimental rock, Crossover, Avant-rock, Epic, Modern classical/
Comment: Minimally bleak/ or chamber-drenched/electro-acoustic/treated electronic-relied soundscapes are variegated with (or without) lone piano-driven modern classical tunes which at times are pulled off into potently brooding rock snippets. Indeed, as so plain to the kind of classically channelized post-rock, it shows up its inclination and readiness for getting drift between silentfully and powerfully chiming pieces, having some fluctuant layers into epic progressions. Thereby it makes out as a juncture area compiled of the oeuvres of Godspeed You! Black Emperor (those pitched violins at times!), and Bosques de mi Mente, for instance. The band which comes from New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, has dedicated this album to all of the ghosts they left behind. Beautiful.
TYY Records - Half improvisation E.P (2011)
TYY Records
8.5
8.5
/Electronic pop, Glo-fi, Breakbeat, Trance, Emotive electronica, Chillout/
Comment: Three tracks. Three different artists (Karanabe; tractmx; Under construction). A kind of compilation. Just breaks and harmony-filled layers hovering above it, and that is too enough, though. The first two tracks (artists) are quite similar to each other, being the representatives of laid-back electronica with blissful synth(etic) glistening above it. Some differences can be perceived between those tracks, mainly on the basis of the different lengths of rhythm patterns - tractmx`s track is more hipping-skipping-stomping, besides it incorporating the acid-filled motive. Under construction`s notch is a brooding one being visualized through trance-tinged cadences and cutting shards of broken beats all of that covered with lots of synthetic harmony cores as if borrowed from a track of some New Wave band sometime.
alicia or simbra - lindora (2010)
/Folktronica, Post-rock, Laptop folk, Epic, Crossover, Experimental rock, Organic electronica, Dream folk, Ambient/
Comment: This 5-piece album is an example of different ways of how beauty can be embodied through the music. How it could be striking in an elaborated way. Magnificient guitar washes, subtle yet pondering fingerpicking, intensely droning (and penetrating) yet wondrous organic electronica, dream-filled soundscapes are laced with each other to result in a synergic post-rock/ambient/folktronic issue. All you need is that. At least for certain life occurrences, though. It obviously rings out much better than most of the post rock projects you are honoured to know. It is essentially epic and monumental.
Pimpollo Fenicio & Pimpollo Persa - Música para Niños Leones (2011)
/Noise, Drone, Sound art, Microtonal, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Minimalism, Non music/
Comment: "Noise", however, regarding strictly the sound processing is a somehow self-indulgent definition for itself. Indeed, having a hint at the lacking of any kind of borders encircling it, thereby you can see very diverse directions and levels and quality base in this realm so all of that will subsequently be determined on your profound intuition actually (in fact, how to discern it from such styles as sound art, drone, minimal industrial?). Of course, there might be represented some qualities somewhat "intrinsic" to the noise sound, for instance, harsh and very loud sounds, chopped and pitched sonic elements, hooting skeletons and hiss-based undercurrents. All of that is represented on this album of 9 tracks, moreover showing up the inclination toward an arty concept flirting with obscure drone-relied minimalism/microtonalism, and emotive sound art. By the way, this mesmerizing concept comes from Lima, Peru.
Tellimine:
Kommentaarid (Atom)